Emarald Diamond has operated a nonprofit since she was 6, while balancing school and being the only girl on her football team ...

No, you can’t. But you can have a lot more—and do a lot more—than you think. Jemison, who holds degrees in engineering and medicine, went to space on the Endeavour in 1992. Back to Firsts ...

From the time Mae Jemison was a little girl, she was convinced that she would go to space. No one could tell her otherwise. She was sure that space travel would be as common as air travel by the ...

Baltimore City Public Schools seeks to name parts of a high school and the school district’s central art gallery after Black ...

Mae Jemison is a physician, engineer, educator, entrepreneur and the first woman of color in the world to go into space - she was a NASA astronaut for six years. Currently Mae devotes much of her ...

From Mae Jemison, the first Black female astronaut to travel in space, to Dr. Selma Masri, a biological chemistry professor ...

Born in the 1950s, Jemison would let nothing stop her from becoming one of the most accomplished African American women in history. She was born in Decatur, Ala. but grew up in Chicago ...

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Being the first to do anything in this world, is a trailblazing and pioneering act. As the first African American woman to travel to space, Mae Jemison broke boundaries, paved paths, and served as ...

Mae Jemison is a physician, engineer, educator, entrepreneur and the first woman of color in the world to go into space - she was a NASA astronaut for six years. Currently Mae devotes much of her ...